# Knipescar Common

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The limestone outcrop of Knipe Scar

**Knipescar Common**, or **Knipe Scar**, is an upland area in the east of the English [Lake District](/source/Lake_District), above the [River Lowther](/source/River_Lowther), near [Bampton](/source/Bampton%2C_Cumbria), [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria). It is the subject of a chapter of [Wainwright's](/source/Alfred_Wainwright) book *[The Outlying Fells of Lakeland](/source/The_Outlying_Fells_of_Lakeland)*.[1] The summit is "indefinite" but reaches 1,118 feet (341 m) and there are limestone outcrops and an ancient enclosure. Wainwright commends the views which include [Blencathra](/source/Blencathra) to the north and *"a continuous skyline of the higher Pennines."*

Two ring cairns are [scheduled monuments](/source/Scheduled_monument).[2][3] The more northerly is the "ancient enclosure" described by Wainwright.[4]

Immediately to the east of the southern part of Knipescar Common lies Shap Beck Quarry, an active limestone quarry.[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Wainwright, A.](/source/Alfred_Wainwright) (1974). "Knipescar Common". *[The Outlying Fells of Lakeland](/source/The_Outlying_Fells_of_Lakeland)*. Kendal: Westmorland Gazette. pp. 220–223.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Ring cairn on Knipescar Common (1007407)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1007407?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Historic England](/source/Historic_England). ["Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation (1007364)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1007364?section=official-list-entry). *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Wainwright, A.](/source/Alfred_Wainwright) (1974). "Knipescar Common". *[The Outlying Fells of Lakeland](/source/The_Outlying_Fells_of_Lakeland)*. Kendal: Westmorland Gazette. p. 222. The ancient enclosure, indicated on some maps as a Stone Circle and formerly referred to locally as a Druids Circle...

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Shap Quarries"](http://www.visitcumbria.com/pen/shap-quarries/). *Visit Cumbria*. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

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